CariCOF Caribbean Climate Outlooks: December 2019 to February 2020

The CariCOF Climate Outlooks for December 2019 to February 2020 are now available. These include:

• Temperature Outlook Maps
• Precipitation Outlook Maps
• Drought Outlook,
• Wet Days & Wet Spells Outlook,
• Dry Spell Outlook (Experimental)
• Heat Outlook and
• The Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter.

Summary for the upcoming 3-month period, December 2019 to February 2020:  “Limited water availability is becoming a major concern by February due to evolving long term drought in Barbados, Belize and Cayman, and possible continued drought in other areas. Dry spells in the western half of the Caribbean, alongside evolving short term drought in the Bahamas, Cayman, and western Cuba, may limit crop productivity and increases wildfire potential. Flash flood potential from extreme wet spells remains through December in Belize and the islands, and throughout the period in the coastal Guianas.”